Governors of Tasmania
The Governor of Tasmania is the representative in the Australian state of Tasmania of Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. The Governor performs the same constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level as the Governor-General of Australia does at the national level.
In accordance with the conventions of the Westminster system of parliamentary government, the Governor nearly always acts solely on the advice of the head of the elected government, the Premier of Tasmania. Nevertheless, the Governor retains the reserve powers of the Crown, and has the right to dismiss the Premier.
See Governors of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Governor.
The official residence of the Governor is Government House located at the Queens Domain.
Two internationally famous Governors of Tasmania were Captain Sir John Franklin (the British mariner who would later die trying to find the North West Passage), and former UNSCOM weapons inspector Richard Butler.
Divided in two
Between 1804 and 1813, Van Diemen's Land was divided along the 42nd parallel, and governed separately.
Lieutenant-Governors in the south:
 Colonel David Collins, 1804-1810
Edward Lord, March-July 1810
Captain J. Murray, 1810-1812
Lieutenant-Governor in the north:
William Paterson 1804-1808
Commandants in the north:
John Brabyn, 1808-1810
Major G.A. Gordon, 1810-1812
Captain J. Ritchie, June 1812
Lieutenant-Governors
The colony was called Van Diemen's Land until 1856.
Colonel Thomas Davey, 1813-1817
Colonel William Sorell, 1817-1824
Colonel George Arthur, 1824-1836
Captain Sir John Franklin, 1837-1843
Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, 1843-1846
Sir William Denison, 1847-1855
Governors
Sir Henry Fox Young 1855-1861
Colonel Thomas Browne, 1862-1868
Charles Du Cane, 1868-1874
Frederick Weld, 1875-1880
Major Sir George Strahan, 1881-1886
Sir Robert Hamilton 1887-1892
Jenico Preston, 14th Viscount Gormanston 1893-1900
Captain Sir Arthur Havelock, 1901-1904
Sir Gerald Strickland, 1904-1909
Major-General Sir Harry Barron, 1909-1913
Sir William Ellison-Macartney, 1913-1917
Sir Francis Newdegate, 1917-1920
Sir William Allardyce, 1920-1922
Sir James O'Grady, 1924-1930
Sir Ernest Clark, 1933-1945
Admiral Sir Hugh Binney, 1945-1951
The Rt Hon. Sir Ronald Cross, 1951-1958
Thomas Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan, 1959-1963
Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Gairdner, 1963-1968
Lieutenant-General Sir Edric Bastyan, 1968-1973
The Hon. Sir Stanley Burbury, 1973-1982
Sir James Plimsoll, 1982-1987
General Sir Phillip Bennett, 1987-1995
The Hon. Sir Guy Green, 1995-2003
Richard Butler 2003-2004
The Hon. William Cox 2004-08
The Hon. Peter Underwood 2008-present
Living former governors
As of April 2008, four former governors are alive, the oldest being Sir Phillip Bennett (1987–95, born 1928). The most recent governor to die was Sir Stanley Burbury (1973–82), on April 24 1995. The most recently-serving governor to die was Sir James Plimsoll (1982–87), on May 8 1987.
References
Governors and Lieutenant Governors of Tasmania
Parliamentary Library - Governors of Tasmania
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